Guido van Rossum

“The fate of Python is in the hands of the core developers, and that's a good thing.”

“C++ is a language that is designed to be as powerful as possible, but it's not a language that's designed to be easy to use.”

“Python is an experiment in how much freedom programmers need. Too much freedom and nobody can read another's code; too little and expressiveness is endangered.”

“Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier to write than C, C++, or Java. It's a lot more concise. It's a lot more readable.”

“Readability counts.”

“The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.”

“Benevolent dictator for life... It gave me the ultimate power to settle arguments.”

“Python is a language for consenting adults.”

“The problem with a lot of languages is they have a lot of features, but they're not very well integrated.”

“Python is not the fastest language, but it's fast enough for most things.”

“I'm not a big fan of syntactic sugar. I prefer things to be explicit.”

“My own taste is for simpler rather than more complex.”

“There should be one— and preferably only one —obvious way to do it.”

“If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best-kept secret in the world.”

“Python's design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant indentation.”

“A programming language is a tool that has a profound influence on our thinking habits.”

“I decided to call it Python because I was a big fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus.”

“Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex.”

“I'm not in this for the money. I'm in this for the fun.”